1703.25
Action to recover fees paid under protest.

If any fees required to be paid under sections
1703.01 to
1703.31, inclusive, of the Revised
Code, are paid under protest, if an action to recover such fees would lie
against the secretary of state while they were held by him, and if such fees
are paid into the state treasury in compliance with section
111.18 of the Revised Code, then
actions to recover such fees shall be brought against the state and not against
the secretary of state. For such purposes permission is hereby given to bring
and maintain actions against the state to the extent that such actions might be
brought and maintained against the secretary of state if the fees were held by
him. Service of process in such actions shall be made on the attorney general,
who shall represent the state.